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I don't get why everyone is so high on Upton and would basically gut the farm for him.

He's nothing special.

But he's shown signs that he has the potential to be a very good ballplayer.

How can you write a 25 year old outfielder off so quickly? I'm aware of his Home / Away splits but in the right lineup, he can hit his peak and he has a really high one. Upton brings an element this team needs. He is a big ticket item. Arizona pressured themselves into a corner by having this saga run on so long. Upton isn't pleased with all the trade talk and not feeling wanted in Arizona. I would be surprised if he's their RF in 2013.

But he's shown signs that he has the potential to be a very good ballplayer.

How can you write a 25 year old outfielder off so quickly? I'm aware of his Home / Away splits but in the right lineup, he can hit his peak and he has a really high one. Upton has brings an element this team needs. He is a big ticket item. Arizona pressured themselves into a corner by having this saga run on so long. Upton isn't pleased with all the trade talk and not feeling wanted in Arizona. I would be surprised if he's their RF in 2013.

You said prospects are just prospects. Well, Upton is Justin Upton. There's no promise he gets better. And at the moment you have a guy that's pretty similar to Nick Swisher. He's not particularly cheap contract wise, moving forward. And he's also going to cost a pretty big return in prospects. If the prospects are right, sure. But I'm not sure how his 15 million dollar salary factors into payroll going forward.

But he's shown signs that he has the potential to be a very good ballplayer.

How can you write a 25 year old outfielder off so quickly? I'm aware of his Home / Away splits but in the right lineup, he can hit his peak and he has a really high one. Upton brings an element this team needs. He is a big ticket item. Arizona pressured themselves into a corner by having this saga run on so long. Upton isn't pleased with all the trade talk and not feeling wanted in Arizona. I would be surprised if he's their RF in 2013.

10) Upside in acquiring him, far out weighs the downside. We need to make improvements to the Offense. You can't expect to be the same hitting team after losing the power supplied by Ibanez, Swisher, Chavez, and Arod.